PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 313
DECEMBER 1978
The new 5-hour charge may
heat up some batteries during the
last hour, but that's not unusuaL.
The extra hoQr buiLds batteries to
aLmost 100 percent capacity and
that raises battery temperature.
Change 1 to the battery charger
TM gives you more Word on that±
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Bonus Babies
Here are some tips which your
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f-test batTeries weekly
unit might want to consider:
•If a battery fails self²test checks after it is FLly charged (³iLs, then is
charged and fails again),job order it to maintenance ´r a serViceabiµitY
check±
HEY, JO±
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• Store batteriEs in as cool a pLace as you caN. High temperatures drain
o¶ a charge.
•·rn in batteries which won¸t maintain a charge ´r 50 shots. Some
help there: compLete a seLf¹test as ³st as you canº »sts use at least 2
shots worth of charge¼
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coNsole
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Dear Half-Mast,
When we tuRN oF t±e ²apid fi³e
switch on our TOW system M70
instructor consoles, we stiLl get
cu´rent d³Ain. It even drains the
batteriesµ
How can we p¶vent it?
SFº
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Dear Sergeant
ËÌ
½±,
½our probLem's not unusuaL±
¾rn the rapid ¿re switch oÀ and
Á
open the bridge cÂamp±
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Cutting
the cUrReNT
h»r¼½¾
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ÂÃÄÅÆÇÈ dÉÊËÌÍ
Keep the bridge cLamp open
until the mode switch on the M70
consoµe is turned oÀ± Ãf you don't
do it that way, your battery
drainsÄ
Another note: If the rapid Åre
switch is oN, opening the bridge
clamp will not remove Launcher
power± ½ou drain your batteriesº
Read the caution in Step 6Æ ÇbLe
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